“Amelia told us you work in tech but didn’t go into details. What do you do?” My heart sped up again. Suddenly, I regretted not pinning this detail down with him more specifically and telling him he could get creative with the explanation. How wild did he plan to get with the ad-libbing? I decided to intervene. “I told you, Mom. We met at the office, and—” —at the exact same moment Reggie said, “I work at a carnival.”